Things have gotten so bad on Kirby that Dunta Robinson jokes that he would rather watch the Patriots-Colts on Sunday than the Texans-Raiders. Ouch. My question to Texans fans is at 3 p.m. Sunday, will you be watching your team or the two best teams in the league? • • • Curt Schilling dissed the […]
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While researching this story, we discovered something interesting. The Owls’ Class of 2007 consisted of two dozen recruits, with half of that total committing to current coach David Bailiff and the other dozen freshmen committing to former coach Todd Graham. Here is the breakdown of who committed to whom: Graham: OL Keshawn Carrington RB Taylor […]
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The soap opera that is Randy Couture’s resignation from the Ultimate Fighting Championship took another turn Monday with three members of UFC’s management team addressing what they describe as inaccuracies in Couture’s assertions about how he has been compensated. UFC President Dana White, along with Zuffa co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta and Chief Financial Officer John Mulkey […]
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Stephen Pinchback The big fella, Joe Curl As most of you know by now, the big guy, Joe Curl, suffered a mild heart attack while off on a recruiting trip this weekend and is in Methodist Hospital awaiting bypass surgery. JC is a good guy, someone who contributes plenty beyond just coaching his team (which […]
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Texas forward Gary Johnson, who has an undisclosed heart condition, has been cleared to play in Friday’s exhibition against Xavier (La.) A decision whether Johnson will be able to play in the regular season will be made at a later date, the school said in a release. “This will help the evaluation process,” Texas coach […]
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Want a prediction? The Dynamo will shut out FC Dallas 3-0 on Friday to win their Western Conference semifinal series 3-1 in aggregate and advance to the next round. How do I know this? Well, I wrote in a blog last week that the Dynamo would take the series 3-1, and since they lost 1-0 […]
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The votes have been tallied and the awards have been handed out. The recipients: Prairie View A&M sophomore running back Donald Babers and Texas State junior kicker Andrew Ireland. • • • Babers, a Westbury product, was named Southwestern Athletic Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Monday in recognition of his 215-yard, two-touchdown performance […]
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Can you already hear Mack The Lobbyist? Three years ago, Brown stepped to the national podium and delivered his best case for why the Longhorns — and not California — should be in the Bowl Championship Series. It worked. The Longhorns went to the Rose Bowl. The Golden Bears begrudgingly accepted a bid to the […]
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Watch for the number of rain delays to go down for the Owls. Changes at the ballpark will keep the field in better shape, and Owls outfielders are beaming about a few other additions. (Video: Adam Ariganello. Photo: Brett Coomer.)
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Don’t expect a war of words between Texas A&M coach Dennis Franchione and Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops this week after a spirited back-and-forth between the two last summer. Both coaches downplayed the perceived bad blood during Monday’s Big 12 conference call that stemmed from a light-hearted comment Franchione made in August about the recent NCAA […]
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